It's always a great moment for one local teacher and this year it was Vincent Sneed's turn. More >>
So, what fun event has the most diverse group of participants, promotes unity and provides funds to a group dedicated to creating a more civil and successful community? That would be the 7th Annual One Columbus Golf Retreat. More >>
WTVM just completed the 2012 Best All Around campaign giving you the chance to vote for your favorites in 110 categories from car repair, bakeries and dance studios to divorce lawyers. More >>
WTVM just completed the 2012 Best All Around campaign giving you the chance to vote for your favorites in 110 categories from car repair, bakeries and dance studios to divorce lawyers. More >>
EDITORIAL: Sunday, I attended the last official sermon of Pastor Flakes at Fourth Street Baptist Church. Pastor Flakes is retiring and has passed the reins to his son, Johnnie Flakes III. It was a fineMore >>
Sunday, I attended the last official sermon of Pastor Flakes at Fourth Street Baptist Church. Pastor Flakes is retiring and has passed the reins to his son, Johnnie Flakes III.More >>
EDITORIAL: We have wrapped up the 2012 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. More than 5,000 tickets were sold, bringing in a grand total of $551,367 to help the kids at St. Jude Research Hospital. I want toMore >>
We have wrapped up the 2012 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. More than 5,000 tickets were sold, bringing in a grand total of $551,367 to help the kids at St. Jude Research Hospital. More >>
Congratulations to our hockey champion the Columbus Cottonmouths. The Snakes rolled through the playoffs never losing a game capping a perfect post-season with a sterling 3-to-1 win over the Pensacola Ice Flyers.More >>
A couple of weeks ago I asked you to tell me about your pet peeves. I have heard from a few of you and a couple of your comments had to do with things we do or have done at WTVM. More >>
On April 22 WTVM and the St. Jude Research Hospital will give away a $365,000 dream home. That dream home or one of 13 other prizes can be yours but you have to buy a ticket. More >>
Virtually every state in the Union, including Georgia, has passed a law that's saved hundreds of lives. We hope that Alabama is on the verge of doing so as well. It involves probably the craziest thing you can do while driving your car and texting. More >>
Just when things are heating up in the presidential race so are things in the Georgia legislature like placing the Ten Commandments on government buildings. More >>
Columbus State University and One Columbus present the inaugural regional Diversity conference: The challenge of diversity in Community Development. Race and ethnic origin, social class, religion, gender and sexuality and immigration issues are all real issues affecting the Columbus region. More >>
How many times can the state education budget in Alabama be slashed? How many more accused rapists will be set free because there isn't enough money to bring an out-of state victim back to testify? How many times can the state budget be hacked up? Year after year, before someone with some courage finally says enough already. More >>
With all the talk about the ethical behavior of our elected officials, you'd think that Georgia would have some limitations on lobbying but there aren't any. More >>
Last week the Muscogee Excellence in Education Foundation introduced this year's group of 59 teachers of the year from the Muscogee County School District. More >>
The key to a healthy city is healthy growth. We want new people moving in and starting new businesses who employ new employees. Those employees will move to our area for the jobs. It's a healthy circle of life.More >>
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How would you like to win a wonderful new $365,000 dollar home, for just $100? No exaggeration. No gimmicks -- simply win a massive 4,400 square-foot house for a $100.More >>
We have been called the melting pot of the world and while we are all Americans we all have qualities that make us unique. And while those qualities can be admired for many for others, they can be divisive. More >>
I want to say thanks to all who respond to our editorials and news content. We really appreciate the feedback; it makes us a better organization. More >>
We recently received the results from the November rating period. That's a four week period when the Neilsen Company sends diaries to a select number of households to measure television viewing in our market, which includes 12 counties in Georgia and 4 in Alabama. More >>
There are a few things we take for granted in the United States. One of them is that if we are injured in an accident when we go to the hospital. The doctors and nurses will have the blood available to help us. More >>
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Alabama recently passed a new ethics law that limited gifts for public employees. It was aimed at stopping corruption and keeping people from accepting gifts in return for favors, but it had an unintended side effect.More >>
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As we get more and more crowded in our world it is incumbent upon all of us to honor the rights of others, to allow everyone to practice their own cultures and to make way for unfamiliar traditions. It can't always be about us as individuals. More >>
Columbus' Charter Review Commissionapproved a proposal last week thatwould authorize Columbus Council to enact a $500 basic service fee on all Columbus property.More >>
Tis the season to be jolly. Would someone please tell that to some out of control shoppers? The Friday after Thanksgiving was the traditional start to the holiday shopping season. More >>
A couple of weeks ago we had some severe weather in our area, including a tornado that swept through Lee and Harris counties, putting a lot of our viewers in harm's way.More >>
EDITORIAL: Where in the world does Newsweek and their supposed news website The Daily Beast get off calling Columbus, Georgia "America's Brokest City"?More >>
This time of year all we seem to hear about is what's happening on the campuses of the big SEC football schools. But there's one campus that seems to be doing nothing but cranking out graduates and placing almost every grad with a job.More >>
After a batch of bad news on the education front we have some good news to report. Ten more Muscogee County schools appear headed for passing AYP.More >>
We now know the financial terms of the contract the City of Columbus signed with a local law firm regarding the nearly 6-year long protracted lawsuit against Expedia.More >>
At 95-years of age the honorable Judge Aaron Cohn has finally retired after five decades on the bench and as the longest serving juvenile court judge in the nation.More >>
It has been a tough year economically for a lot of people. With unemployment rates still high and poverty levels increasing it is more important than ever for all of us to take care of our neighbors.More >>
A census bureau report released this week shows that 1 in 6 Americans live in poverty. Even more staggering is the revelation that in 2010 Georgia's poverty rate ranked as the third highest in the nation behind Mississippi and Louisiana with Alabama coming in at number ten.More >>
On September 26, WTVM will become part of the National Bounce TV network. Bounce TV will be the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans.More >>
The American Red Cross is known around the world for their relief efforts. But you may not have thought about the way they change lives here at home.More >>
If you've tried to go out to dinner lately or even driven down Veteran's Parkway on a Friday afternoon you've probably noticed it, Columbus has gotten crowded.More >>
In Muscogee County, there is a siren that sounds when there is a tornado warning. There is also a second siren that sounds when there is a thunderstorm warning.More >>
The words you just heard were spoken by Susan Andrews shortly after learning of the recent CRCT scores in Muscogee County Schools. She was talking about pointing fingers of blame for the poor test results in some of our schools.More >>